The History of Rock n Roll – Part 1 | Newcastle

Will feature songs from artists that have influenced and inspired Glenn throughout his life in music such as Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Eagles, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Beach Boys and many more.

Glenn Shorrock was founding member and lead singer of super groups The Twilights, Axiom (with Brian Cadd) and Little River Band as well as a successful solo performer. The Twilights had eight consecutive national hit singles including “Needle in a Haystack” and “What’s Wrong with the Way I Live”. Axiom’s top 10 hits were “Arkansas Grass”, “Little Ray of Sunshine” and “My Baby’s Gone”. Little River Band cracked the lucrative United States market in 1976, and began a string of eight Top Ten Hits in the U.S.A. and around the world.

His songwriting credits include the international hits “Help is on its Way”, “Emma”, “Home on Monday” (co-writer Beeb Birtles), “Long Jumping Jeweler”, “Shut Down Turn Off”, “My Own Way Home” (co-writer Brian Cadd) and “Cool Change”.

As a self–confessed child of rock n roll, Glenn Shorrock is looking forward to the new show and guarantees the concert will be highly entertaining, taking the audience on board an unforgettable and reminiscent musical journey of rock and roll.